Helicopter Bear & Wolf Hunting
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Colorado Cowboy
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By buddy in Alaska (a retired game warden & bush pilot) hates this. For lazy hunters.....if you call them hunters!
I get that for sure. I don’t think it could be used for long. It’s not like it’s pig hunting from a helicopter.
Winchester
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JimP
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The way that I read it when reports first came out on it back in January and it has been going on now for over 18 months. It was that the Alaskan Fish and Game department that conducted these hunts and that they were done in unit 17. From what I understand this unit was over ran by large predators such as black and brown bears. I also read that this unit is quite remote and that the Alaska G&F wanted to try and bring back the moose and caribou population.
The price for a resident tag for this area isn't bad but a non resident's tag cost along with having to hire a outfitter and with the remoteness of the area the cost was quite prohibitive for a non resident to hunt this area.
The price for a resident tag for this area isn't bad but a non resident's tag cost along with having to hire a outfitter and with the remoteness of the area the cost was quite prohibitive for a non resident to hunt this area.
gonhunting247
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I think these hunts are used as a tool by the game department to control predator populations. I have no problem with this method as a management tool in units that have struggling moose, sheep and caribou populations. I give the department credit for trying to help ungulate poppulations rebound quicker. AK is one of the few states that doesn't totally try to remove humans out of the consumptive use equation. It is kind of good for me to see a department that will try to keep the balance by controlling large predators sometimes instead of only promoting them (there is a place for both). It's very targeted areas that have really struggling ungulate populations where this method of control is applied.
Colorado Cowboy
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When I first saw the story I really didn't think about it in the way AK is trying to control the predators. I'll bet the natives also depend on subsistence hunting the the same animals the wolves and bears prey on.
mallardsx2
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I just hope they kill a few more wolves and bears so the natives can continue to hunt the last remaining caribou using their ancient hunting techniques. Because it's clearly those two animals who are decimating the herds.
Example A of those ancient techniques.
Carol's Caribou | Life Below Zero - YouTube
If that doesn't sort of piss you off, we are light years apart on our beliefs of how subsistence hunting should be conducted.
Meanwhile, the NR hunters are bad and should, and have had, tag cuts to allow for continued subsistence "hunting".
Colorado Cowboy
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I have been watching this guy (who is not a native, but white and married to a native) for a long time on Discovery channel. Ancient only applies to the rifles they use....LOL! I guess there is no limit to the number of caribou they can take for "subsistance". The only thing they really regulate for natives is the salmon fishery in the Yukon River and other rivers.